At 6.00am on Monday 10th May 1897, the morning shift of 35 miners climbed down into the shaft of the Great Snaefell Mine. Within a short time, 19 of them were dead, overcome by a build up of carbon monoxide after a fire which had occurred some time after the final shift on Saturday and during the Sunday when the mine was not being worked.
\n\nOur short story in Manx is about a tourist in Florence and the caprices of fate - is it wise to know the future or not?
\n\nAs nyn giaull -
\nRUTH KEGGIN - Holdfast
\nTHEO LE MAGUET - Les gars de Locmine
\nDA CAMERA - The Irish ground (Thomas Tollett)
\nMAGI TUDUR - Jim
\nJIMMY McBEATH - The bonnie lass o' Fyvie
\nPRINCE'S BAND - Helston furry dance
\nMOOT - Graih my chree
\nCOR MEIBION PONTARDDULAIS - Diolch i'r Ior
\nMACMASTER/HAY - Pibroch